Boheme

Synopsis

Writer - Director Tony Britten's version of Puccini's 'La Boheme' is a ground breaking new take on an opera classic. Utilising Actor/Singers and a funny but hard hitting script, the film seeks to achieve the sort of accessibility that MUSIC THEATRE LONDON is renown for in the theatre.

Four young men, an artist, a playwright, a musician and a live in the 'Withnail' - like squalor of booze, dope and bad behaviour. Into this world enters the mysterious Mimi. She and the playwright, Rudolfo, fall in love and everything has to change. Rudolfo's immaturity is reflected in obsessive jealousy, and failure to notice Mimi's drug problem. The lovers part, and only when Mimi comes back to the squat to die, does Rudolfo comprehend the depths of his love, and the boys realise that growing up is violent and irrevocable.

Shot on location in South East London, the combination of humour, pathos and the urban reality makes this a million miles away from the conventional opera film.

Details

Year

2000

Type of film

Features

Running Time

93 mins

Format

Betacam Sp, Digi Beta

Director

Tony Britten

Producer

Clive Donner

Executive Producer

Clive Donner

Editor

David Hillier

Screenwriter

Tony Britten

Director of Photography

Sam McCurdy

Sound

Toby Alington

Music

Giacomo Puccini, Tony Britten (Arranger)

Principal Cast

Mary Lincoln, Graham Mackay Bruce, Darry Knock, Maria Kessleman, Nigel Planer

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 26th November 2005